Package for paper or sheets.



No.676-,3|6. Patented lune II, I90I.

J. .T. HOYT.

PACKAGE FOB PAPER '0R SHEETS.'

(Application led Aug. 23, 1900.) (N o M o d e I iiyz lfy. 2. Y Z

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATESA PATENT OFFICE.

JA'MEs'r. HoYT, oF NEw YORK, N. Y.

`PACKAGE FOR PAPER OR SHEETS.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 676,316, dated June 11, 1901.

Application tiled August 23, 1900. Serial No. 27.849. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. IIOYT, a citi zen of the United States, residing in Manhattan borough, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Packages for Paper or Sheets, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a paper receptacle or pack which can be made of simple construction and readily applicable to such useas, for example, in a cabinet or toilet-paper case; and the invention resides in the novel features of construction set forth in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional side elevation of the package. Fig. 2 is a sectional front or end View of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the package.

In the drawings is shown a receptacle cornprising a top k, a bottom g, sides c, and ends b. The paper or sheets h are shown in this receptacle or wrapper. The bottom being form ed of sections suitably spaced, an exit or mouth e is formed at which the sheets can pass out. If the package is in a suitable cabinet, an ejector, such as a rollerf, can be made to eject sheets from the package and cabinet. The top la ofthe receptacle is shown closed; but, if seen lit, this top could be left open or made of partly open or skeleton work. A bail or handle Zcan be applied. A weight is shown inclosed by top 7i: and serves to hold the lowermost sheet in contact or engagement with the ejector or bottom g, especially if the package is becoming exhausted and the sheets lying on the lowermost one do not exert sufficient pressure to secure ejection or downward feed. The sheets are shown separate or unconnected from one another", so that one sheet can be drawn oft' or removed without displacing others. By having the sidesI of the receptacle c ut away, as seen at o, the ejector is allowed to reach into the receptacle or engage a sheet without rubbing against or contacting with the receptacle. The bottom-sections g are shown equal to one another and the exit centrally located. The bottom-sections g each take equal hold of opposite end portions of a sheet, and such sheet can -be started or folded out of the receptacle to one side or another-that is, either to the side, as indicated in Fig. I, orto the opposite side. The sides c, if seen Iit, could also instead oE being whole be made ot' broken or open-work or skeleton shape or provided with one or more openings to allow a view of the sheets-as, for example, to see the level to which the receptacle has been emptied. The ends b are shown as strips or open-work; but

they might be votherwise formed-as, for ex:

am ple,by strings or thelike-or entirely closed or even entirely omitted, since when the receptacle is in a cabinet the sheets cannot slip or escape endwise. For retaining the sheets during the shipment or handling of packs, however, end retainers b of some kind are advisable. By having the bottom portions at opposite sides of the slot e at the same level the sheets, or rather the bottom sheet, can be held or made to extend horizontally across the slot or the ejector.

I do not herein make any claim to the cabinet shown in my United States patent application, VSerial No. 4,214, filed February 6, 1900.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

`l. A paper-receptacle for toilet-paper having top, bottom and sides, said bottom cut away to form a paper-exit to permit anej'ector to act upon the paper and to also form supports for the sheets of paper, and means for retaining the sheets in the receptacle while exposing its interior to view.

2. A paper-receptacle for toilet-paper having top, bottom and sides, said bottom out away intermediate the ends to form a paperexit to permit an ejector to act upon the paper and to also form asupport for the ends of the paper at each side of the exit, and means for retaining the sheets of paper within the receptacle while exposing its interior to view.

3. A paper-receptacle for toilet-paper having top, bottom and sides, said bottom cut away intermediate the ends to form apaper'- exit to permit an ejector to act upon the IOO operation of the ejector, and end strips for retaining the sheets within the receptacle' while exposing its interior to View.

4. In combination, a series of sheets of paper, a Wrapper surrounding the said sheets and having top, bottom, and sides, said bottom cutaway to form an opening and supports for the said sheets, said sides having a out-away portion terminating in the opening of the bottom, strips connected to each end my hand in the presence of two subscribing 15 witnesses.

JAMES T. HOYT. Vitnesses:

W. C. I-IAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

